Górski

surname · Latin script

Meaning: highland

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɡurskʲi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Górski is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country, where it is the 57th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 1.7K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 38K
  • USUnited States1 in 46K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

21,937 people, 2026

Sources
354 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gorski in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DE Germany and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

highland

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Górski counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Górski is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland#5721,9371 in 1.7K22KGórski115
US United States—7,2131 in 46K7.4KGorski354
ID Indonesia—≈2,500 est.≈1 in 108K—Gorski5
DE Germany—≈2,100 est.≈1 in 38K—Gorski99
GB United Kingdom—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 61KlistedGorski93
NO Norway—2441 in 22K244Gorski22
HR Croatia—1511 in 28K151——
UY Uruguay—1131 in 30K113Gorski11

21,937 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Górski is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Gorski, Goŕski

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Gorski

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Türkiye

    Also written Gorski

  • Slovak surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia

    Also written Gorski

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Stanisław Górski, b. 1497Artur Górski, b. 1870Kazimierz Górski, b. 1921Maciej Górski, b. 1944Artur Górski, b. 1970Robert Górski, b. 1971Tomasz Górski, b. 1973Rafał Górski, b. 1973Andriy Hurskyi, b. 1988Maciej Górski, b. 1990

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSzanowni Państwo,Dear Górski, (English)
InformalSzanowni Państwo,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Górski
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202622K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—22K#36
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026134—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—134#23,603

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Górski mean, and where does it come from?
highland Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Górski?
In the etymology graph, Гірський is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Górski?
A machine transcription gives /ɡurskʲi/ (IPA) for Polish.
In which country does Górski have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 22 thousand people named Górski, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled górski.
Where is Górski most common?
Górski is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.7 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Górski?
In Poland, the national register counted 21,937 people named Górski in 2026, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.
How common is Górski compared with other names?
In Poland, Górski is the 57th most common surname of 240,840 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Górski” — the 57th most common surname in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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